Journal articles: 'Waste governance'

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Narethong, Horaphat. "Environmental Governance: Urban Waste Management Model." Journal La Lifesci 1, no. 2 (June 6, 2020): 32–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37899/journallalifesci.v1i2.102.

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Waste management that is not good will also have a negative impact on the environment, public health, and this certainly has wider implications such as environmental pollution. This article outlines environmental governance in the waste management process and a model of good urban waste management. Environmental governance is important in understanding the issue of waste management which is a complex environmental issue in urban areas. A good model for waste management is with the unit paying attention to sewage, leachate water treatment, and combustion of methane / flare gas access. The model described as integrated management is widely applied in big cities. The integrated waste management process is carried out by implementing preventive measures and reuse efforts with the aim that the waste does not form.

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Bisschop, Lieselot. "How e-Waste Challenges Environmental Governance." International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 3, no. 2 (August 1, 2014): 81–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v3i2.178.

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This article examines how e-waste – waste from electronic and electrical equipment – poses a challenge for environmental governance. The amount of e-waste generated globally has been estimated to reach about 72 billion tons annually by 2017. This article discusses how e-waste challenges the control of illegal trade as well as the prevention of environmental harms. By focusing on the role of state, corporate and civil society actors, insights are gained into the strengths and limitations of the governance framework. These suggest the need for reflection about both practical and theoretical implications that arise for environmental governance.

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Li, Zhichao, and Jilin Huang. "How to Effectively Improve Pesticide Waste Governance: A Perspective of Reverse Logistics." Sustainability 10, no. 10 (October 10, 2018): 3622. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10103622.

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With the development of modern science and technology, agricultural production and quality have made major breakthroughs, followed by more and more pesticide waste. Pesticide waste refers to the packaging of pesticide residues. Pesticide waste will cause great damage to soil, water and human health, seriously affecting the ecological sustainability. Most of the existing literature is theoretical articles, and few empirical studies are provided on how to improve pesticide waste management. In this paper, a set of reverse logistics network models of pesticide wastes is constructed, and the framework of reverse logistics is used to realize the efficient recovery and treatment of pesticide wastes. The problem of how to collect pesticide wastes and how to optimize the location and flow allocation of facilities such as recycling center and treatment center was solved. The weights of the factors affecting the reverse logistics network model are determined by using the network analytic hierarchy process. Under the conditions of minimizing the cost and minimizing the negative externality, the mixed integer model programming method is used to make the optimal location decision and flow distribution. Finally, taking the JT area of China as an example, the results of the reverse logistics network model of pesticide wastes are demonstrated. The results show that the scheme is feasible.

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Peng, Liangjun, Mengdi Gu, and Zhijun Peng. "Study on the Optimized Mode of Waste Governance with Sustainable Urban Development—Case from China’s Urban Waste Classified Collection." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (May 3, 2020): 3706. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093706.

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With the rapid growth of developing countries, their urban waste is increasing at the same pace, which, in turn, is worsening the environmental pollution and leading to an urgent demand for waste governance. Different waste governance modes will produce different social welfare levels. According to the principles of economics of maximizing the benefit of limited resources, the mathematical models of the three waste governance modes of government, market, and mixed government–market are constructed separately in this paper, and then comparisons are made as to which mode is optimal. The results show that, from the perspective of consumer surplus and producer surplus, the mode by government is optimal, while the mode by market is optimal from the perspective of total social surplus. Since the government acts as the provider of waste governance in China, its allocation of waste governance mode is not optimal from the perspective of total social surplus, as a result of which it fails to restrain the environmental pollution caused by garbage growth most effectively. Nevertheless, since the equilibrium point of waste governance quantity is dynamic, there is still much room for the optimization of waste governance in China, which will certainly inject new impetus to the high quality and sustainable development of its cities.

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Wang, Kylie Ching Mun, Khai Ern Lee, and Mazlin Mokhtar. "Solid Waste Management in Small Tourism Islands: An Evolutionary Governance Approach." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 24, 2021): 5896. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13115896.

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In many regions and nations, solid waste management is deemed as critical, complicated, and multifaceted. The essence of solid waste management in each society can be influenced by a variety of economic activities and physical geographies. Small islands with their geographic isolation and a tourism-driven economy pose a great challenge in ensuring sustainability in respect to solid waste management. Beyond the issues of solid waste management on small islands, the governance of solid waste management particularly requires distinctive attention. This aspect is often disregarded as it is a tricky issue for many governments, especially on the territories of small islands. Through the lens of Evolutionary Governance Theory, this paper examines the rigidity in the governance of solid waste management, particularly on small islands, in how related issues are addressed. A range of aspects of governance of solid waste management are analyzed and gaps are identified to propose a way forward in approaching governance problems on small islands through the conceptualization of evolutionary governance.

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Lucier, Cristina A., and Brian J. Gareau. "From Waste to Resources? Interrogating ‘Race to the Bottom’ in the Global Environmental Governance of the Hazardous Waste Trade." Journal of World-Systems Research 21, no. 2 (August 31, 2015): 495–520. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2015.11.

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The rise of global environmental governance regimes allegedly contradicts the process of an environmental “race to the bottom” (RTB) that results from capitalist globalization. We examine new developments in this area through a qualitative case study of the Basel Convention. Here, we find that new regulations in toxic wastes governance are in fact being co-created with industry actors and aim to accelerate the flow of toxic “resources” to less-developed countries. Further, these shifts are legitimized by a shift in discourse— from thinking of toxics materials as “wastes” to thinking of them as “resources”— that re-frames the toxic wastes trade as essential for sustainable economic development rather than as a manifestation of global environmental injustice, thereby undermining environmentalist claims. Our findings suggest that, despite an expansion of hazardous waste regulations, the RTB concept is still relevant in the context of global environmental governance. We conclude that a fruitful avenue for applying the RTB concept in this context is to go beyond a strict materialist interpretation of global politics to also consider the role of discourses and contesting ideologies in shaping global environmental policy debates.

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Wishart, Lucy J., and Jan Bebbington. "Zero waste governance: a Scottish case study." International Journal of Sustainable Development 23, no. 1/2 (2020): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.10034394.

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Wishart, Lucy J., and Jan Bebbington. "Zero waste governance: a Scottish case study." International Journal of Sustainable Development 23, no. 1/2 (2020): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.2020.112180.

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Thatcher, Jim. "Waste is information: infrastructure legibility and governance." Urban Geography 40, no. 4 (January 26, 2019): 587–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2019.1571830.

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Garske, Beatrice, Katharine Heyl, Felix Ekardt, Lea Weber, and Wiktoria Gradzka. "Challenges of Food Waste Governance: An Assessment of European Legislation on Food Waste and Recommendations for Improvement by Economic Instruments." Land 9, no. 7 (July 16, 2020): 231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9070231.

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Food is wasted throughout the entire food supply chain—from agricultural production to the household level. This has negative impacts on natural resources and the environment. At the same time, food waste is undermining the global target of food security. In turn, reducing food waste can minimise the environmental effects of agriculture on climate, biodiversity, soils, water bodies and the atmosphere. All of this is reflected in the fact that food waste is subject to various legal acts of the European Union and that it is also a major subject in the new EU Farm to Fork Strategy from May 2020. Supported by an analysis of the diffuse empirical data on food waste, the purpose of this article is to analyse the current EU legislation on food waste and its reduction to answer the following research questions: How is food waste integrated into European policies? What is the impact of European legislation on food waste? Is European legislation sufficient to trigger not only food waste reduction but also comprehensive changes in the agricultural and food sector to support global climate and environmental targets as set in the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity? Which instruments are the most suitable to do so? Methodologically, a qualitative governance analysis is applied. It is found that relevant legal acts for governing food waste include circular economy and waste law, the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy as well as food law, while international environmental targets serve as an overarching measure for governance analysis. The legal analysis shows that existing legislation lacks steering effect to significantly reduce food waste. To overcome current governance problems, the article introduces economic policy instruments. It is concluded that quantity control focusing on overarching parameters such as fossil fuels or animal-derived products has not only the potential to reduce food waste by increasing food prices but can also address the multiple interlinked environmental challenges of the agricultural and food sector.

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Fagan, G. Honor. "Sociological Reflections on Governing Waste." Irish Journal of Sociology 12, no. 1 (May 2003): 67–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/079160350301200105.

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The waste management issue in Ireland reached crisis proportions in the late 1990s. Reflecting on an all-Ireland empirical study of waste, this article develops a broader governance perspective and takes up the challenge of contributing to the sociology of waste. It situates waste in a ‘multiscalar’ perspective, viewing waste as a result of a complex global, national, local, and individual set of processes. It examines the dynamics involved in creating the conditions for the regulation and management of waste. It develops the notion of the ‘networked state’, and its implications for the processes of waste governance in Ireland. Finally, it focuses on the contestation of the Southern government's waste management plans and concludes that this is a positive effect of networking in a rapidly globalising Ireland.

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Gutberlet, Jutta, Gina Rizpah Besen, and Leandro Morais. "Participatory solid waste governance and the role of social and solidarity economy: experiences from São Paulo, Brazil." Detritus, no. 13 (October 5, 2020): 167–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2020.14024.

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Waste governance is emerging as transdisciplinary and inter-sectoral approach to waste management and policy, overcoming primarily prescriptive engineering perspectives of waste. The process of governing waste involves the articulation of different structures, institutions, policies, practices and actors. Paying attention to issues of power, scale, and equity are important in the search for more democratic practices. Innovative forms of governance are emerging as decentralized, participatory and inclusive, focused on waste reduction and resource recovery. Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is an innovative alternative in generating work and income and a response in favor of social and labor inclusion. It can also be considered as a new, more humane and inclusive development model. With this article we aim to provide practical knowledge on the contributions of grassroots organizations and networks in waste management, supporting the discussion of waste governance in the context of the SSE. We present different experiences of waste picker organizations in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil to showcase their assets and to discuss prevailing challenges. Employing the SSE as a new development model allows us to address everyday issues of waste generation, management and governance in Brazilian cities and in other parts of the world; particularly from the perspective of organized waste pickers in associations, cooperatives and networks. This is a development paradigm which goes beyond just economic considerations, as highlighted with examples from waste management.

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Huang, Xiaodu, and Dali L. Yang. "NIMBYism, waste incineration, and environmental governance in China." China Information 34, no. 3 (February 3, 2020): 342–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0920203x20901432.

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With the world’s largest population and rapid urbanization, China is in the throes of a waste management crisis. Efforts to cope with this crisis through waste incineration have been met with growing NIMBYism as the Chinese public become more environmentally aware and are determined to protect their health and economic interests. We review the turn to incineration and the major characteristics of NIMBYism and ensuing protests against waste incinerators. We then describe the May 2014 Jiufeng incinerator protest in Hangzhou and the subsequent efforts to successfully respond to NIMBYist protests and build the proposed incineration plant on the planned site. The Hangzhou Jiufeng case offers a model for breaking the logjam between development and NIMBYism, leading to important improvements in environmental governance and regulation.

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Yang, Xiuli, Xin Miao, Jinli Wu, Ziwei Duan, Rui Yang, and Yanhong Tang. "Towards Holistic Governance of China’s E-Waste Recycling: Evolution of Networked Policies." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20 (October 12, 2020): 7407. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207407.

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Electronic products are being updated and replaced much faster and there is therefore an increasing growth in electronic waste (e-waste). In order to promote professional recycling of e-waste, the relevant government departments of China have published a series of policies. This paper aims to unearth the evolution tendency of the networked policies towards holistic governance of China’s e-waste recycling. Content analysis, quantitative text analysis and network analysis are applied to analyze relevant policy documents from 2001 to 2016. This paper illustrates evolution of policy themes, evolution of intergovernmental relationships, and evolution of policy relations. This study reveals policy intentions, maps policy progress, and unearths governance philosophy, providing an overall understanding of the policy ways by which the Chinese government has deployed its guiding strategies on professional recycling of e-waste. This paper illustrates how to approach holistic governance from perspective of networked policies, contributing to answering the central question of holistic governance about how to achieve it.

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Kubanza, Nzalalemba Serge, and Mulala Danny Simatele. "Solid Waste Management and Environmental Injustice in Poor Communities in Kinshasa: A Cultural theory and Systems Approach." Environmental Management and Sustainable Development 8, no. 1 (January 29, 2019): 108. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/emsd.v8i1.14288.

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This paper discusses injustice in solid waste management (SWM) and its impact on poor communities in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is argued that poor communities in Kinshasa tend to be the most affected by irregularities in solid waste collection and management. A divide between the rich and poor neighbourhoods is experienced in solid waste management engendering injustice in the city of Kinshasa. Using a qualitative and quantitative research methodology, it is suggested that the current governance systems for SWM in Kinshasa, is unfair by all the different ideas of fairness. In view of this, a cultural theory and systems approach are introduced to determine how actors (fatalist, hierarchist, individualist and egalitarian) influence the management of solid waste and how they are engagement can create environmental justice in SWM in Kinshasa. The paper provides that if the ideal form of urban SWM could be realised in Kinshasa, it should be called participatory resource recovery governance. An environmental policy tailored to very local circumstances-together with some financial support from the government public sector and private companies, and the deployment of social awareness campaigns designed to reduce the generation of “waste” at source (and to emphasise the economic resource value of the misnomer of “wastes”)-could succeed in shifting things towards participatory resource recovery governance. In it, all stakeholders would share equitably the responsibility of resource recovery and environmental protection, if not restoration.

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Davoudi, Simin, and Neil Evans. "The Challenge of Governance in Regional Waste Planning." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 23, no. 4 (August 2005): 493–517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c42m.

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Over the last 15 years profound changes have taken place within the policy and institutional context of strategic planning for waste management in the United Kingdom. In addition to the significant influence of the sustainability discourse on policy innovation and the reconfiguration of institutional arrangements and policy networks, there have been growing political and public interest, and tensions, in the regionalisation of waste management, as represented by the establishment of the Regional Technical Advisory Bodies (RTABs) for waste. Drawing on concepts developed within urban-regime theory and debates on institutional capacity building, the authors argue that if RTABs are to be seen as a new form of governance for waste planning, the development of their capacity to meet the challenge of ‘collective action’ depends on the quality of their governance relations and, in particular, on the existence and amplification of four forms of capital: intellectual, social, material, and political. The first stage of the research which, by the time of writing (April 2004), included around sixty semistructured interviews with RTAB members throughout the English regions, has identified a number of potential barriers and enablers that affect the ability of RTABs to develop such a capacity. In conclusion, the authors provide an overall assessment of RTABs and draw a tentative picture of their possible future.

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Nwogwugwu, Ngozi, and Adebola Olubunmi Ishola. "Solid Waste Management and Public Health Challenges: Appraisal of Local Government Capacity to Achieve Effective Environmental Governance." Asian Social Science 15, no. 5 (April 30, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v15n5p1.

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Solid waste management is an essential social service of the local government system in Nigeria. The lack of adequate funding of the local governments has created a situation where most of the cities are dirty as solid waste is disposed indiscriminately resulting to various public health issues. The establishment of the ecological fund has not provided effective relief to the problems of environmental governance, including solid waste management. The study examined the relationship between solid waste management and public health challenges in Ibadan city, Nigeria. The study adopted survey design, while the population of study was Ibadan city in Oyo State, Nigeria. Quantitative data was collected using validated questionnaire with response rate of 100%. Correlation coefficient and ANOVA were employed in the testing of the hypotheses. The study found that there was significant relationship between Politicization of Waste Management and Public Health Challenges (r = .325, p<.05). In addition, there was significant relationship between Ineffective Management of Solid Waste and Public Health Challenges (r = .662, p<.05). Indiscriminate Disposal of Solid Waste, Politicization of Solid Waste and Ineffective Management of solid waste had joint significant effect on Public Health Challenges (F(3, 296) = 22.078, Adj. R2 = .696, p<0.05). The study concluded that the politicization of solid waste management in the selected local governments had resulted in ineffective management of solid wastes, with the residents being exposed to several public health challenges. It was recommended that there should be improved funding of the waste management agencies to enable them adopt modern waste disposal techniques.

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Fesseha, Samuel Nahom, and Fan Bin. "The Assessment of Solid Waste Products Management in Ethiopians Municipal Urban Areas." International Journal of Social Sciences and Management 2, no. 2 (April 25, 2015): 165–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12468.

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Due to the rapid and immense quantities of solid wastes products in our city, municipality and urban areas have been increasing day by day due to developments of new Industries. As a result of increasing number of Industries a huge amount of wastes is produced daily in all developing nations and Ethiopia being among them and has surpassed the USA as the world’s largest solid waste (SWM) generator since 2004. The phenomena and critical issues of SW in Ethiopia has inspired this paper to investigate and analyze the SW in an urban area of Ethiopia by comparing the increasing rates of the SW generation with Solid Waste Management (SWM). It is noted that very little effort is being made in handling Solid waste management (SWM) which is one of the public service areas where effectiveness can be easily be gauged, and should not be regarded as a matter of luxury. Addis Ababa in general faces problems which are associated with poor SWM. This study deals with the assessment of Governance in SWM in Addis Sub city. Therefore governance is used as a framework for the study because currently it dominates development discourse and governance policies are implemented by governments aiming at improving urban services such as SWM. The paper has employed both qualitative and quantitative approach with descriptive types of research. Quantitative data was analyzed using statistical tools whereas qualitative data was analyzed in narrative explanation and discussion. The main findings revealed in the paper are: containers are not properly emptied on time, insufficient of support from SWM office, due to the absence of processing and recovery system by MSEs, lack of awareness and poor public attitude towards solid waste management, weak monitoring and evaluation system.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i2.12468 Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-2: 165-179

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Pedro, Fernanda, Ernesto Giglio, Luis Velazquez, and Nora Munguia. "Constructed Governance as Solution to Conflicts in E-Waste Recycling Networks." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 4, 2021): 1701. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041701.

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Electronic waste (e-waste) has become an increasingly pressing problem worldwide because of the increase in the volume of waste, without a corresponding increase in the recycling rate. E-waste recycling models show a low percentage of reuse, at around 17.4% in the world, 11% in Latin America, and 3% in São Paulo City, Brazil. The sources of conflicts relating to e-waste recycling networks are diverse, including asymmetries of objectives, knowledge, ethical values, and culture of sustainability, which indicates the need for a system of regulatory mechanisms. The article’s main proposition is that constructed governance, which is a collective process involving many actors, could be an alternative to e-waste recycling management. The city of São Paulo was chosen to be analyzed. Using an abductive methodology, the data analysis shows a fragmented network, with conflicts of interest among commercial and sustainability objectives, an absence of legal knowledge, and increases in the incorrect disposal of waste. However, initiatives in small groups in Brazil, which can be considered as examples of constructed governance, show a better volume of waste and the transportation of waste material to the right destination. The authors argue that constructed governance could be an efficient tool for e-waste recycling management systems. Besides, the article offers a matrix of indicators that can be used by both researchers and recycling managers.

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Setyowati, Kristina, Didik Gunawan, and Faizatul Ansoriyah. "CAPACITY BUILDING: GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE ON WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT IN SRAGEN BUNDER MARKET." Spirit Publik: Jurnal Administrasi Publik 10, no. 2 (October 1, 2015): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/sp.v10i2.902.

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Public waste has become national problems. As part of solving the problem the management of public waste needs to be comprehensive and integrated so the processed public waste able to provide economic benefits, healthy for people, safe for the environment and not to forget also able to change people's behavior. Governance perspective is involving three pillars: government, private and citizens. In this study this parties were represented by Sragen Regency Government as government, Danamon Peduli Foundation as private and small scale vendors as citizens. All of which were expected to bring effectiveness in empowering waste management unit. Partnership and capacity building are expected to strengthen the knowledge as well as managerial capability and capacity in the traditional market waste management. This article aims to describe the waste management with governance perspectibe in Bunder traditional market, Sragen, Indonesia. Keyword: Empowerment, Capacity building, Governance

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Cui, Yu, Xin Quan Ge, and Hao Jiao. "The Governance Mechanism of Recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments." Advanced Materials Research 354-355 (October 2011): 49–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.354-355.49.

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With the amount of waste electrical and electronic products, environmental pollution becomes more and more serious. Therefore, how to recycle waste electrical and electronic equipments has attracted wide attention. By employing the experience of foreign countries in the recovery of waste electrical and electronic products for reference, the paper points out domestic practice in recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipments has a long way to go. In the following, the paper summarizes governing body for recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipments, comprising of stakeholders in charge of recycle bin, logistics side and supervision side. And then, the paper proposes the governance mechanism of recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipments through channel system, the cost mechanism, management system, and legal system. Finally, the paper summarizes the conclusions and looks forward to the future.

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Tampubolon, Edwin Rinaldo, and Amy Yayuk Sri Rahayu. "Penanganan Sampah Secara Kolaboratif antara Masyarakat dan Petugas Penanganan Prasarana dan Sarana Umum (PPSU) Tingkat Kelurahan (Kasus Penanganan Sampah di Kelurahan Jembatan Lima Kecamatan Tambora Kota Administrasi Jakarta Barat)." Jurnal Inspirasi 10, no. 1 (May 21, 2019): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.35880/inspirasi.v10i1.57.

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AbstractWaste management is one form of public service from the government. On the other hand the community must also participate and collaborate with the government in the implementation, decision making, and supervision of waste handling. By using a descriptive qualitative approach, this study answers how collaborative governance processes in handling waste between community self-help and Public Facility Maintenance Officers (PPSU) and the factors that influence it. The results of the study show that collaborative waste management processes have been built with the involvement of government and non-government actors, there are a division of authority, collaboration between community self-help, community waste bank organization, public facility maintenance (PPSU) and the jakarta barat Environtment agency in collaboration with the private sector. Dialogue, trust, understanding, commitment have been established to achieve temporary result. Private involvement in collaborative governance processes is still limited to the stages of waste sorting activities. Research also found that this collaborative process was not perfect. factors that influence, among others are the low understanding of the community about sorting waste, the people's mindset that is still traditional in handling waste, lack of motivation from garbage officers, and less optimal infrastructure and management of garbage truck transportation. For this reason, socialization, more intensive counseling, assistance to change community behavior and innovation in stimulating active participation from the community are needed.Keywords :Collaborative Governance, Waste Management, waste sorting, waste collection, waste transportation, Facility Maintenance Officers (PPSU)

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Renckens, Stefan. "Yes, We Will! Voluntarism in US E-Waste Governance." Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 17, no. 3 (December 2008): 286–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2008.00605.x.

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Sung-Jin Leem. "Nuclear Waste Disposal Policy and Governance in South Korea." Korean Governance Review 22, no. 3 (December 2015): 167–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17089/kgr.2015.22.3.008.

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Rouse, Jonathan R. "Seeking common ground for people: Livelihoods, governance and waste." Habitat International 30, no. 4 (December 2006): 741–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2005.09.001.

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Ezeah, Chukwunonye, and Clive L. Roberts. "Waste governance agenda in Nigerian cities: A comparative analysis." Habitat International 41 (January 2014): 121–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.07.007.

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Howell, Jordan P. "Waste governance and ecological identity in Maui, Hawaii, USA." Geoforum 79 (February 2017): 81–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.12.015.

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Sevann, Thuerry Prak. "Environmental Governance through the Utilization of Waste Methane Gas into Renewable Energy." Journal La Lifesci 2, no. 2 (June 9, 2021): 8–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.37899/journallalifesci.v2i2.363.

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The purpose of this article is to examine the conversion of waste methane gas to renewable energy through environmental management. Processing organic waste is one kind of alternative energy that may be generated and regenerated. Garbage is a major issue for the majority of people, particularly the vast volume of market garbage. Waste processing and utilization technology is required. Implementing the 3R process of reduce, reuse, and recycle on fresh garbage not only generates useful goods, but also addresses the waste issue and generates revenue for those who wish to manage it. As a result, it is critical to evaluate the design of organic waste burners that convert methane gas to methane and to estimate the rate of combustion and heat produced by organic waste biogas

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Wong, Natalie. "Electronic Waste Governance under “One Country, Two Systems”: Hong Kong and Mainland China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (October 24, 2018): 2347. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112347.

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China is one of the largest e-waste dumping sites in the world, and Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory in China, is also affected by illegal e-waste disposal and transfer. While the Chinese government implemented a waste import ban in January 2018, Hong Kong has not enforced Chinese policies under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework. Drawing on a policy network approach, this paper provides an explanatory framework for e-waste governance in Hong Kong and China, and identifies the major obstacles to shaping effective transboundary e-waste control and prevention. The paper argues that institutional arrangements play a dominant role in governing e-waste policy networks at the local level of governance in Hong Kong and China; however, a lack of accountability and capacity at the transboundary level can explain the different waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management strategies in these two places.

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Khan, Inam Ullah, Wasif Ali Waseer, Sami Ullah, and Shakeel Ahmad Khan. "‘Wasteaware’ Indicators: an Assessment of the Current Solid Waste Management System in Lahore, Pakistan." Asia Pacific Journal of Energy and Environment 6, no. 2 (December 31, 2019): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/apjee.v6i2.264.

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The present status of solid waste management reviewed into this article based in Lahore, Pakistan. Following UN-Habitat city profiling with involved systematic quantitative, qualitative assessment, governance features of the present waste management includes in and shows the present system, waste collection, transportation is the main concentration and producing 74,000 tons year-1 of organic compost. Lahore waste management system (LWMC) is low in their target market consulted in decision making (inclusivity) and bad performance (governance features). Formal waste management system having backward of the informal system, which is absolutely inconsistent with current waste management systems. Watchful arranging and organization proposed here to reduce the trouble by integrating informal waste management system into formal waste management system for shared advantages. The integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM) indicators used for different levels of income class and LWMC performance in Lahore. Recommendation builds for the public awareness for recycling and to make the integrating informal sector sustainable system and fill the historical data gap.

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Khan, Sabaa Ahmad. "Struggles and Actions for Legal Space in the Urban World: The Case of Informal Economy E-waste Workers." Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société 33, no. 2 (August 2018): 115–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cls.2018.11.

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AbstractInformal workers play a central role in the global value chain along which electronic waste (e-waste) is collected and recycled. The failure of governments to recognize informal e-waste workers as legitimate stakeholders in the e-waste economy means these workers assume acute health and livelihood risks. This article argues that the exclusionary dynamics of contemporary e-waste governance paradigms, in failing to acknowledge the legal identity of some stakeholders and the legal responsibilities of others, contribute to a grossly imbalanced and environmentally unjust globalization of e-waste marked by the proliferation of dangerous and exploitative forms of work. E-waste legislation must embrace and reflect the needs and interests of marginalized social groups whose livelihoods depend on their participation in the urban waste economy. Waste governance paradigms must recognize informal workers’ claims over urban space and resources, in other words, their spatial citizenship and fundamental place as workers within the global hi-tech economy.

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Abdul Latif, Saripah, and Tengku Amira Yasmin Tengku Iskandar. "Antecedents of Waste Management in the Oil and gas Industry." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 4, no. 10 (March 1, 2019): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1634.

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Improper waste management during operational activities in the oil and gas industry brings adverse environmental impacts. Consequently, the quality of life of the population decreases. This study aims to investigate the antecedents for waste management in the oil and gas industry. Policy governance, facilities, technology and environmental education, are proposed to be affecting the waste management in the industry. Primary data was collected via an online survey among 98 oil and gas players in Malaysia. Policy governance, facilities and environmental education were found to be the antecedents, while technology is proven to be non-significance.Keywords: Waste management; Policy governance; Facilities; Environmental educationeISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1634

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Lee, Dao Sun. "Restructuring municipal solid waste management and governance in Hong Kong: Options and prospects." Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 38, no. 9 (August 5, 2020): 1047–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x20945185.

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From the chronological analytical review regarding municipal solid waste management (MSWM) and governance optimisation progress in Hong Kong since 2002, it is noted that the policy outcomes have seriously deviated from the original policy goals under the hitherto lack of effective development in bureaucratic and economic policy cultures in municipal solid waste (MSW) strategies formulation and related programmes implementation. The policy analysis specially stated that although the MSW recycling ratio (30%) is not particularly poor, the recovered percentage of plastics, glass and food waste in Hong Kong are extremely low. Based on the unfavourable outcomes and consequences for MSWM and governance in Hong Kong, a conclusion of negative correlation between the per capita MSW disposal rate and bureaucratic policy culture development, as well as positive correlation between recycling rate of low value items and economic policy culture development, can be made. With considering the key factors of benchmark indicators, socio-economic factors, driving force, and communication of MSW policy, conducive options and prospects are also developed for the attempt to provide insights to restructure MSWM and governance in Hong Kong in the next decade. First, the government can build up strategic innovation from a global benchmark case – MSWM and governance improvement from the South Korea case. Second, to create opportunities and conditions to develop high value biofuel from waste through flexible local environmental policies formulation and implementation. Third, shifting a front-line MSWM for governance structure reform.

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Pickren, Graham. "Political Ecologies of Electronic Waste: Uncertainty and Legitimacy in the Governance of E-Waste Geographies." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 46, no. 1 (January 2014): 26–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a45728.

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Филимонова, Надежда, and Стейси Д. ВанДевир. "Multi-level Governance, Climate Change, and Municipal Solid Waste Management: Insights from Murmansk, Russia." Городские исследования и практики 5, no. 1 (July 27, 2021): 80–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/usp51202080-101.

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The past three decades witnessed a proliferation of academic research on climate change governance in cities around the world. This research has largely focused on case studies of large cities with populations of over several million. However, Arctic cities have received little attention in the urban governance literature, despite being located in the region most impacted by climate change. This paper examines climate change governance in the Russian city of Murmansk, evaluating how the theoretical framework of multi-level governance—derived primarily from EU and North American scholarship and experience—operates in the Russian urban context. We take municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Murmansk as a case study to better understand how climate change issues are framed and governed by the Murmansk city administration. We assess interactions of Murmansk authorities across vertical and horizontal dimensions, with regional authorities and non-state actors (voluntary associations and NGOs) in MSW governance. The research is based on document analysis, news media, and semi-structured interviews with state and non-state stakeholders in Murmansk. Our analysis finds that Murmansk authorities do not frame climate change as a challenge needing to be addressed by explicit climate-related policies. It also shows the absence of major, multi-level governance (MLG) characteristics in the Murmansk case. Our findings suggest further research is needed to better understand urban climate change governance practices in more centralized states like Russia and this contributes to a critical reflection about the limits and utility of the MLG theoretical framework in many parts of the world.

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Muheramtohadi, Singgih. "Tata Kelola Keuangan Negara Madinah Dan Relevansinya Dengan Konteks Keindonesiaan." El-Jizya : Jurnal Ekonomi Islam 6, no. 2 (December 31, 2018): 267–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.24090/ej.v6i2.2041.

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Financial Governance is one of many problems that face in Indonesia. The low of perception of Corruption Index, the budget waste, ineffeciency in budget alocation, and found so many of budget deviations. On other side, in early history of islam, financial institution have existed also known as Baitul Mal. From simpe institution form of Baitul Mal to organized institution in the age of Umar Ibn Khattab’s rule. Although Islam doesn’t teach the financial governance definitively, but there are some principles that relevant to solve thefinancial governance problems in present time. This write uses the description and analytical method, i.e to describe how to manage the financial in Baitul Mal and what values are contained that can be used in solving the financial governance’s problems. The results of this write are : 1) the govermance should restrict of expenditure budget, 2) the expenditures must be based on the real neeeds of people, especially for poor class. 3) to maximilize the revenue from large companies and cumstoms and excises. 4) to intensify the control of financial governance.

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Davies, Anna R. "Incineration Politics and the Geographies of Waste Governance: A Burning Issue for Ireland?" Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 23, no. 3 (June 2005): 375–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c0413j.

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The governance of waste in Ireland is highly contentious, with conflicts over many issues ranging from landfill expansion to charges for municipal waste collection. One of the most intense conflicts surrounds plans to introduce, over the forthcoming decade, incineration for municipal solid waste for the first time in the Republic. Such conflicts over waste incineration, and particularly over the siting of waste-incineration facilities, are not new phenomena and they have been examined empirically and theoretically through a range of disciplinary lenses and in different geographical contexts. These studies, although useful and interesting, rarely give close attention to the geographical strategies involved in such conflicts. The author's empirical investigation of incineration conflicts in Ireland reveals the centrality of a dynamic and evolving spatial dimension, both in the governing strategies adopted by the state in support of a system of waste management that involves a commitment to incineration, and in the transnational advocacy coalition approach adopted by antiincineration campaigners seeking alternatives to incineration. The author concludes that the scalar strategies surrounding incineration reveal the need for a more intricate analysis of power, politics, and place in the analysis of conflicts over waste governance, both in Ireland and beyond—an approach that may be more clearly articulated through a geographically informed understanding of governmentality.

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Krasniqi, I., D. Krasniqi, and G. Krasniqi. "Strategic Local Governance Policy and Waste Management - Prishtina Municipality Case." IFAC Proceedings Volumes 46, no. 8 (2013): 176–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20130606-3-xk-4037.00037.

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Azam Ahmed, Shafiul, and Mansoor Ali. "Cleaning up a dirty business - improving waste governance through partnerships." Waterlines 25, no. 4 (April 2007): 2–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/0262-8104.2007.015.

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Kuppler, Sophie, and Peter Hocke. "The role of long-term planning in nuclear waste governance." Journal of Risk Research 22, no. 11 (April 18, 2018): 1343–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2018.1459791.

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Forsyth, Tim. "Cooperative environmental governance and waste-to-energy technologies in Asia." International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development 5, no. 3 (January 18, 2006): 209–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ijtm.5.3.209/1.

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Sarhan, Saad, Christine Pasquire, Emmanuel Manu, and Andrew King. "Contractual governance as a source of institutionalised waste in construction." International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10, no. 3 (June 6, 2017): 550–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmpb-07-2016-0058.

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Purpose The construction industry has been subject to substantial criticism for its short-term “hit-and-run” relationships which are focussed on win-lose situations. Despite the wide recognition of these problems the industry persistently resists the radical demanded of it. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to investigate why this might be the case by reviewing the governance problem confronting clients and decision makers in construction procurement, as conceptualised in transaction cost economics (TCE). Second, to critically analyse and question the efficiency and effectiveness of various safeguarding approaches, which are taken for granted and commonly practiced in construction, from a lean perspective. Design/methodology/approach The analysis of this paper is based on an in-depth critical review of 76 construction procurement and contractual-related articles, ranging from 1994 to 2016, using theories of Lean construction and TCE as an analytical lens. Findings Findings reveal that clients and decision makers often tend to safeguard their project-specific assets, against opportunism and exploitation, through the deployment of formal contractual arrangements and governance structures. These arrangements and structures typically dominate the management of the project delivery often to the detriment of the project itself; but because there is a belief that interests are safeguarded, clients and decision makers feel they have taken the best course of action. This goes a long way to explaining the coherence of the current construction model. Research limitations/implications To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to demonstrate the usefulness of using principles of Lean construction in association with TCE when analysing construction-procurement-related issues. In particular, the use of a “lean” lens helps to expose the impact of procurement governance arrangements on process flow. The study also provides a potential research agenda that can lead to the development of prescriptive conceptual frameworks for causal analysis of institutionalised waste in construction. Practical implications The paper attempts to expose to clients and decision makers the amount of waste (and unnecessary cost) they embed by adhering to prevailing unfit-for-purpose contractual governance approaches. It also helps decision makers to consider alternative procurement arrangements and organisational techniques that could be of value and support collaborative ways of working. Originality/value The study contributes to the overall understanding of waste in construction by providing insight into various imperfect procurement and contractual arrangements, which are taken for granted and impede efficiency and improvement efforts in construction. The findings presented provide a theoretical anchor and rationale for developing alternative approaches to the design and delivery of capital projects.

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Charuvichaipong, Chanisada, and Edsel Sajor. "Promoting waste separation for recycling and local governance in Thailand." Habitat International 30, no. 3 (September 2006): 579–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2005.02.002.

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Bhuiyan, Shahjahan H. "A crisis in governance: Urban solid waste management in Bangladesh." Habitat International 34, no. 1 (January 2010): 125–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.08.002.

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Hua, Yao, Chen Xuan Hou, and Yan Zhang Gu. "Investment Efficiency DEA Analysis of Pollution Control in China." Applied Mechanics and Materials 687-691 (November 2014): 4979–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.687-691.4979.

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Environmental problems have been obstacles hindering the countries and regions healthy development. How to scientifically and efficiently use the relatively limited fund to control environmental pollution problem is significant. Based on the model of DEA, this paper builds the evaluation index system of environmental pollution treatment investment to analyze environment pollution control investment efficiency. Results show that the main factor leading to the poor government efficiency is not the mount of money, but the unreasonable capital utilization. Nationwide 31 provinces and cities analysis data in China shows that the total investment waste reaches 1.97342 trillion yuan and the gap of emissions of three wastes including waste gas, waste water, solid waste between actual quantity and the ideal target quantity is respectively 26.49738 billion tons, 16.17551 billion tons and 26.49738 billion tons. This paper proves that DEA model is scientific and feasible to evaluate the environmental pollution governance efficiency.

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Adzawla, William, Adam Tahidu, Salisu Mustapha, and Shaibu B. Azumah. "Do socioeconomic factors influence households’ solid waste disposal systems? Evidence from Ghana." Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 37, no. 1_suppl (January 2019): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x18817717.

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Solid waste management remains a major challenge in Ghana, especially in the peri-urban and urban areas. The implications from this bottleneck are widely acknowledged. Nonetheless, fundamental issues such as the factors that drive households into the adoption of a particular solid waste disposal system have not been explored. This study applied a multinomial logit approach using 16,767 households in the Ghana Living Standard Survey round six data to examine whether or not socioeconomic factors influence households’ decision to adopt a particular solid waste disposal system. The results established that a number of the hypothesised socioeconomic factors drive households into the use of a particular solid waste disposal system. For instance, education of households on solid waste management is important to increase households’ decision into collecting wastes other than open dumping or burning. The characteristics of houses and the location of households also influence waste disposal systems in Ghana. We conclude that solid waste disposal at unapproved places was largely influenced by socioeconomic characteristics other than income or welfare of households. We recommend continuous advocacy programmes on improved solid waste management systems, led by the various decentralised governance structures such as the District Assemblies, to curb the menace.

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Warshawsky, Daniel N. "The Challenge of Food Waste Governance in Cities: Case Study of Consumer Perspectives in Los Angeles." Sustainability 11, no. 3 (February 6, 2019): 847. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030847.

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Food waste has been linked with food insecurity, environmental degradation, and economic inefficiency. Although research on food waste has increased recently, food waste tends to be poorly conceptualized and is often disproportionality focused on local consumer decisions. For this reason, this paper critically analyzes perspectives on food waste in Los Angeles (LA) as a case study in order to understand the structural challenges of food waste governance in cities. To achieve this goal, this study uses content analysis of interview data of key stakeholders in LA’s food system and descriptive statistical analysis of survey data of university undergraduate students in LA. Findings in this paper suggest that students purchase, consume, and waste food in line with broader national trends in the U.S. Additionally, students indicated that the causes and solutions of food waste management lies with more responsible individual decisions and sustainable local food practices. While students noted that they may have acted differently towards food waste reduction if structural opportunities existed, results from the survey reveal that the role of corporations, global food system flows, and the political economy of food production remain relatively unrecognized by students in their perceptions of food waste. Although responsible consumer practices are clearly an important aspect of food waste reduction, findings in this paper suggest that food waste governance may be limited by a narrow local consumer focus.

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Howell, Jordan P. "Sweetness and HPOWER: Waste, Sugar and Ecological Identity in the Development of Honolulu's HPOWER Waste-to-Energy Facility." Global Environment 13, no. 2 (June 15, 2020): 285–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/ge.2020.130203.

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Recent studies have demonstrated the high spatial, economic and ecological stakes of solid waste management in remote island environments, like Hawaii, but also suggested ways in which conceptions of risk and identity have factored into stakeholders' decisions regarding particular waste management technologies and processes. Through an analysis of historical and archival documents, this article examines linkages between a declining sugar plantation industry and the development of a major waste disposal project, and shows how an ecological identity narrative which combined an understanding of Honolulu as a place needing to reduce reliance on imported resources with an understanding of metropolitan Honolulu as a major centre for plantation sugarcane agriculture resulted in a plan for combining waste disposal with sugarcane processing. Focused on the historical case of the HPOWER facility on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, I argue that ecological identity offers new insights for understanding how environmental infrastructures are conceptualised and resisted, and that explicit consideration of ecological identity in the analysis of environmental governance may lead to improved scholarly understanding as well as improved outcomes for governance itself.

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Sholikin, Ahmad. "Implementation of Green and Clean Policies in Environmental Governance Perspective in Lamongan Regency." Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi: Media Pengembangan Ilmu dan Praktek Administrasi 18, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 104–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.31113/jia.v18i1.646.

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Lamongan Regency is one of the regions that has issued policies on environmental management, including a 3R-based waste management system (reduce, reuse and recycle) in the form of the Lamongan Green and Clean program and the Waste Bank. This study will analyze the Lamongan Green and Clean policy in an environmental governance perspective. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative through interview techniques, observation, literature study, and documentation. The theory used in this research is the theory of public policy with the analysis model of the implementation of Van Meter and Van Horn policies. Then, the concepts used in this study are environmental governance and Lamongan Green and Clean. This study aims to describe the implementation of the Lamongan Green and Clean policy whether it has been able to apply the principles of environmental governance. From the results of this study, it is concluded that in implementing the Lamongan Green and Clean program, seen from the perspective of environmental governance, this program has not fully been able to apply the principles of environmental governance.

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Wang, Qixiang, Linghui Kong, Jin Li, Bangyi Li, and Fan Wang. "Behavioral Evolutionary Analysis between the Government and Uncertified Recycler in China’s E-Waste Recycling Management." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19 (October 2, 2020): 7221. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197221.

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In many developing countries, the existence of the uncertified recycler seriously hinders the healthy development of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) recycling industry. As a result, how the government can regulate the uncertified recycler to improve environment and public health during the recycling processes has become a critical issue. To help tackle this issue, we build an evolutionary game model to study the interactions between the government and the uncertified recycler. We conduct stability analysis of each participant and obtain four asymptotically stable states. Furthermore, we conduct numerical simulations for comparative analysis based on the current situation of the Chinese e-waste recycling industry. Our results are as follows. First, there exist multiple asymptotically stable states for the government and the uncertified recycler, namely (no-governance, maintaining status quo), (governance, maintaining status quo), (governance, industrial upgrading), and (no-governance, industrial upgrading). Then, we verify the validity of the evolutionary game model through numerical simulations and find that penalty, supervision cost, additional investment cost, and financial subsidy can significantly influence the behavioral strategy of the government and the uncertified recycler. Finally, we find that the government should adopt the reward-penalty-supervision mechanism to promote the healthy development of the e-waste recycling industry and protect the environment and public health. Specifically, first, the government’s subsidy for the uncertified recycler has upper and lower limits. Exceeding the upper limit will result in an excessive financial burden to the government, while falling below the lower limit will hinder the uncertified recycler from technology upgrading. Second, the government should strengthen the supervision of the uncertified recycler and increase the punishment for violations. Third, the government should focus on controlling the supervision cost. Fourth, according to the asymptotically stable state (no-governance, industrial upgrading), the government should prepare to withdraw from the market when the uncertified recycler chooses industrial upgrading.

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